Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace (15 May 1970-) was the British Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime from 17 May 2016, succeeding John Hayes. He was also the Conservative Party MP for Wyre and Preston North from 5 May 2005, succeeding Hilton Dawson.

Biography
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace was born in Farnborough, Kent in 1970, and he served in the Scots Guards after graduating from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1999, he became a Conservative Party member of the Scottish Parliament, serving until 2003; in 2005, he was elected to the British Parliament as the MP for Wyre and Preston North. He served as Government Whip from 2014 to 2015, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Northern Ireland Office from 2015 to 2016, and then Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime from 2016; he was appointed to Prime Minister Theresa May's Privy Council in 2017 for coordinating the response to the 2017 Westminster attack. He was a supporter of the European Union.